Why kneel? or stand? What are we saying?

In light of the current dust up around kneeling during the National Anthem, I was thinking about the diversity of Christianity and how some in our ranks (who are Christians) do not swear on a bible, do not stand for the flag (or pledge allegiance), and some refuse compulsory military service.

Here are some articles that may help us to reflect on it:

https://blog.diocesewma.org/2017/09/25/bishop-fisher-why-we-kneel/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/heres-what-many-white-christians-fail-to-understand-about-the-nfl-protests

http://mikefrost.net/tale-two-christianities-knees/  (written in May!) 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/09/24/colin-kaepernick-vs-tim-tebow-a-tale-of-two-christianities-on-its-knees/

http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2017/september/theres-no-dishonor-in-kneeling-on-colin-kaepernick.html

and some background:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-colin-kaepernick-green-beret-20160902-snap-htmlstory.html

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/heres-how-nate-boyer-got-colin-kaepernick-to-go-from-sitting-to-kneeling/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/colin-kaepernick-football-protests.html